Synopsis of the tribe Zolini in New Zealand (Coleoptera: Carabidae) Author Larochelle Author Larivière, Marie-Claude Author Larochelle Author Larivière text Insecta Mundi 2017 2017-12-29 2017 594 1 110 journal article 10.5281/zenodo.5169575 1942-1354 5169575 89FC75EA-2324-4361-B818-FBA7B7682A00 Oopterus suavis Broun, 1917 Fig. 24 , 71 , 146 Oöpterus suavis Broun, 1917: 365 . Holotype : male (BMNH) labeled: “Type (circular red-bordered label; typed) / 3807. [male symbol] (hand-written) / New Zealand . Broun Coll. Brit. Mus. 1922–482. (white label with red horizontal line; typed) / [OL] Routeburn. 13.2.1914 (hand-written) / Oöpterus suavis . [male symbol] (hand-written).” Pseudoopterus suavis : Csiki 1928: 226 . Oopterus suavis : Hudson 1934: 177 . Description . Body length 4.9–5.5 mm . Head, pronotum, elytra, and abdomen mostly reddish piceous; base of pronotum reddish; lateral margins, suture, and apex of elytra reddish; abdomen yellowish laterally and apically; antennae, palpi, and legs reddish; palpi with yellowish tinge; femora pale yellowish, reddish basally. Microsculpture absent. Iridescence absent. Very shiny, without metallic luster. Head . Labrum moderately transverse, slightly emarginate anteriorly. Antennae submoniliform, moderately long: segment 1 (scape) moderately long, about 2x longer than its maximum width. Frontal furrows wide, deep, convergent. Eyes moderately convex; setiferous punctures absent on inner side of each eye (present in other zoline species). Tempora not inflated. Mentum: medial tooth entire, acute apically, moderately shorter than lateral lobes. Paraglossae membranous, prominent, about as long as ligula. Thorax . Pronotum strongly convex, coarsely punctate across base, unwrinkled, slightly transverse, moderately cordate, widest before middle; apex subtruncate; anterolateral angles poorly developed, obtusely rounded; anterior bead incomplete, obsolete medially; sides strongly rounded, not sinuate posteriorly; lateral grooves moderately deep, very long (about as long as adjoining foveae); setiferous punctures absent on each side; posterolateral angles acute, projected laterally; posterolateral carinae blunt, very long (about as long as adjoining foveae); laterobasal foveae well defined, coarsely punctate, very deep and wide, rounded, not prolonged forward, simple; posterior bead absent; base emarginate, wider than pronotal apex, about as wide as elytral base. Legs . Moderately long. Elytra . Strongly convex, ovate, widest about middle. Basal margin incomplete, reaching about stria 4. Shoulders obtuse. Sides strongly rounded. Scutellar striole present. Stria 1 complete, deep; striae 2–7 incomplete, shallow, finely punctate; interval 3 with three setiferous punctures. Recurrent stria long, sharp, directed apically toward stria 5. Subapical seta present. Intervals subdepressed. Sutural apices obtusely rounded. Abdomen . Last visible sternum (sternum VII): male with two apical ambulatory setae; female with four apical ambulatory setae. Aedeagus . Lateral view ( Fig. 71 ): moderately arcuate, strongly widened in apical half; base moderately biconvex dorsally; middle moderately convex dorsally, moderately concave ventrally, with dorsal membranous area moderately wide and very long; apex subtriangular, strongly concave dorsally, almost straight ventrally, with extreme tip unusually wide and short. Dorsal view: narrow, asymmetrical (ostium of membranous area deflected to right); apex straight; basal orifice moderately wide, closed anteriorly, moderately distant from membranous area. Parameres with five apical setae. Material examined . 202 specimens ( AMNZ , BMNH , JNNZ , LUNZ , MONZ , NZAC ). Geographic distribution ( Fig. 146 ). South Island: FD , OL, SL. Ecology . Lowland, montane, subalpine. Epigean-arboreal. Forests (beech). Shaded ground. Nocturnal; active at night on mossy trees and logs; hides during the day under the loose bark of fallen trees. Gregarious. Biology . Seasonality: October–March, August. Tenerals: December–March. Predacious (based on mouthpart morphology). Defense mechanism: feigns death when disturbed. Dispersal power . Subapterous (incapable of flight). Moderate runner. Regular climber on trees and logs. Collecting technique . Lifting loose bark of fallen trees. References . Larochelle and Larivière 2001: 77 (catalogue; biology, dispersal power, ecology, geographic distribution, references), 2016: 21 (list). Remark . Oopterus suavis is the only zoline species without setiferous punctures on the inner side of each eye.